Search function - string comparison

[tutuster]

I am working on a search function to compare strings, one provided by the user (search string) and the other provided by existing data (listview item/text).

I have no clue where to start, I've looked up the compare and compareordinal methods but they don't open up to me.

For example , user searches for "book", and the listview has several matching items such as "ebook", "book store" "booking" or similar *book* strings.

Anyone who could point me to a direction? Any use of the Like-statement?

Thanks for any replies

-tutuster-

 

[ca8msm]

Try using the IndexOf method of the ListView Item.

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[tutuster]

Maybe my question was not clear enough, listview was not the problem..

Anyway, I solved the issue by using InStr-method, suits well for my purpose.

 

[ca8msm]

What I meant was that you can use IndexOf on a string (I just used the text of the ListView item as an example). IndexOf does basically the same thing as InStr but it can be used directly on a string (and I would personally use it over InStr). i.e.

        Dim strTest As String = "12345"
        Dim intPosition As Integer
        intPosition = strTest.IndexOf("4")

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